Selling N96 to Mazuma, right thing to do?

Bufger

Last October i foolishly got a Nokia N96 on an 18 month contract. The deal was £45 per month as the phone had come out that week and i negotiated free unlimited internet access and free satnav.

After having it 12 months already i dont ever use the internet on it and only need the satnav once a month on average. I also send roughly 1 or 2 texts per day and my phonecalls are always short and sweet (less than 1 min).

I realise im paying for way more than i use which is why i checked some of the phone buying companies. For my 12month old phone Mazuma is offering £150!

Should i take this deal and get the cheap nokia for £5 including £5 of free credit on PAYG? How would i go about ending the contract or reducing the cost of it and using this other really cheap phone.

As for the satnav i plan to buy one from the money i will sell my phone for. Then i wont need this silly gadget in each phone i buy which will allow me to get cheap contracts in the future with cheaper phones :-)

OneADay

You can cancel the contract, you can sell the phone and use the money for line rental and termination fees, take the sim and plug that in a pay and go phone.
But if you get a cheap pay and go, doubt if it will work with satnav and internet all that well.

Bufger

Im not bothered about the internet or satnav on my phone anymore. I'll get a completely seperate satnav unit.

Thanks. Looks like i might do this!

OneADay

Rougly I guess you have 9 months left on your contract?

9x45 = £305 (rougly your termination fee I guess).

Just continue paying the contract - sell the phone to pay the line rental and at month 15 you can downgrade your tariff.

Use the sim in another phone.

If it helps I had the n95 8gig - I got £145 from mazuma only a few months back - now they offer only £115 (cash) or £126 (argos vouchers).

You could get more on ebay for the phone but you end up paying fees to ebay and paypal - might not work out too well.